The Royal Military Academy's Impostor Owns a Dungeon [BL] novel Chapter 985

Chapter 985: That Just Happened

Checkmate.

In the suddenly stunned and eventually chaotic hall, anyone was free to place their bids, just as they were welcome to publicly proclaim that they had the hots for the apple of Luca’s eye.

And for a price of three hundred five billion and two Star Coins, any of them could just as easily declare that they had no intention of staying in DG’s good graces by competing directly with its famed leader.

But who would be stupid enough to do that?

Apparently, not even Cassian Veyra, whose left eye twitched at the turn of events.

Clearly, bidding for Luca could still be tolerated as an expression of affection or admiration. But bidding against him for someone like Xavier Montclair would only invalidate his earlier win, and that was not something even he was willing to entertain.

From beside him, Rhys turned slightly, waiting for orders in case his boss decided a proxy bid was necessary. But honestly, even without Cassian making the slightest gesture—given the cameras trained on them from every angle—the aide already knew they wouldn’t be bidding.

Because how could they, when absolutely no one else followed after Luca Kyros’ bid?

The pause stretched across the hall.

It hadn’t even been that quiet, and yet it felt like people reacted more with their bodies than their mouths, until the Master of Ceremonies finally stepped in to break the stun-like spell.

"Three hundred five billion and one Star Coins... going once."

His voice carried cleanly through the space, though it did little to ease the heightened tension.

"Going twice."

Still, no one spoke.

No one moved.

"Sold. The winner of this bid is—Luca Soren Kyros."

The finality of it settled over the hall, but Xavier couldn’t hear any of it, not really, because every word had long since blurred into the background, drowned out by the sheer weight of what his little wife had just done.

It wasn’t as if he was alone in that. Because even as he turned and made his way back to his seat, the people around him remained caught in their own states of shock, some still frozen while others muttered to themselves in disbelief.

But what most of the onlookers didn’t understand—and what truly fueled the reactions of those who knew Luca—was just how unthinkable that was for the richest penny-pincher they had ever met. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

And yet, even as Xavier approached their table with a face so heated he could almost forget about his bloodline ability, nothing could have prepared the Imperial Prince for his little chipmunk’s greeting.

A delicate hand suddenly reached out, so abrupt and so close that the currently mindblown and dazed Prince didn’t even have time to react.

So before the confused Xavier could gather a single coherent thought, Luca had already closed the distance.

Fingers curled lightly against his cheek, the other hand catching onto his clothes, and then—

He was pulled down without hesitation.

Soft, warm lips met his.

Bold enough that the air around them seemed to freeze. The kind of public display that made people forget how to breathe.

It was quick and definitely unexpected. And yet, like always and probably forever, those lips practically captured his heart in one fell swoop.

For a brief second, the world seemed to pause.

Then Luca pulled away just as quickly, his face bright with excitement as though nothing out of the ordinary had just happened.

"Hehe! Husband! We contributed a lot of donations!"

Xavier blinked.

Once.

Twice.

He really tried to process what had just happened with everything he had.

And then—

"Pfft!"

He covered his face with both hands, shoulders shaking as something between a laugh and a breathless release escaped him.

Because really.

After everything that had just happened, after the storm of thoughts and the kind of darkness he had let himself sink into, he should’ve known better.

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